CAMBRIDGE — A Massachusetts city has passed what’s being called one of the nation’s most extensive restrictions on the retail sale of animals.
The ordinance passed Monday in Cambridge bars the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats and other animals, including birds, amphibians, reptiles, and rodents.
The city will only allow the sale of animals from shelters or rescue organizations.
Laura Hagen of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals tells The Boston Globe that Cambridge’s law is “a landmark ordinance” because it goes further.